Exhibit 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Bank of America Corporation and the several undersigned officers and directors whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Teresa M. Brenner, William J. Mostyn III and Timothy J. Mayopoulos, and each of them acting individually, its, his and her true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to prepare, execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its, his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned officer’s and director’s capacity or capacities as shown below, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and all exhibits thereto and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and directors, in the capacity or capacities noted, has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below.
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
/s/ Kenneth D. Lewis | |
| Kenneth D. Lewis | ||
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
Dated: January 25, 2006
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ KENNETH D. LEWIS Kenneth D. Lewis |
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ ALVARO G. DE MOLINA Alvaro G. de Molina |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ NEIL A. COTTY Neil A. Cotty |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ WILLIAM BARNET, III William Barnet, III |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ FRANK P. BRAMBLE, SR. Frank P. Bramble, Sr. |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ CHARLES W. COKER Charles W. Coker |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ JOHN T. COLLINS John T. Collins |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ GARY L. COUNTRYMAN Gary L. Countryman |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ TOMMY R. FRANKS Tommy R. Franks |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ PAUL FULTON Paul Fulton |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ CHARLES K. GIFFORD Charles K. Gifford |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ W. STEVEN JONES W. Steven Jones |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ WALTER E. MASSEY Walter E. Massey |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ THOMAS J. MAY Thomas J. May |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ PATRICIA E. MITCHELL Patricia E. Mitchell |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ EDWARD L. ROMERO Edward L. Romero |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ THOMAS M. RYAN Thomas M. Ryan |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ O. TEMPLE SLOAN, JR. O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ MEREDITH R. SPANGLER Meredith R. Spangler |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ ROBERT L. TILLMAN Robert L. Tillman |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||
| /s/ JACKIE M. WARD Jackie M. Ward |
Director |
January 25, 2006 | ||