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, Alice A. Herald and Edward P. O’Keefe, 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, 2008, 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 28, 2009
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ KENNETH D. LEWIS Kenneth D. Lewis |
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ JOE L. PRICE Joe L. Price |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ CRAIG R. ROSATO Craig R. Rosato |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ WILLIAM BARNET, III William Barnet, III |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ FRANK P. BRAMBLE, SR. Frank P. Bramble, Sr. |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ JOHN T. COLLINS John T. Collins |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ GARY L. COUNTRYMAN Gary L. Countryman |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ TOMMY R. FRANKS Tommy R. Franks |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ CHARLES K. GIFFORD Charles K. Gifford |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ MONICA C. LOZANO Monica C. Lozano |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ WALTER E. MASSEY Walter E. Massey |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ THOMAS J. MAY Thomas J. May |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ PATRICIA E. MITCHELL Patricia E. Mitchell |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ THOMAS M. RYAN Thomas M. Ryan |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ O. TEMPLE SLOAN, JR. O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ MEREDITH R. SPANGLER Meredith R. Spangler |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ ROBERT L. TILLMAN Robert L. Tillman |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
| /S/ JACKIE M. WARD Jackie M. Ward |
Director |
January 28, 2009 | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each the several undersigned directors whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Teresa M. Brenner, Alice A. Herald and Edward P. O’Keefe, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to prepare, execute, deliver and file in his name and on his behalf, and in each of the undersigned director’s capacity or capacities as shown below, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, 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, each of the undersigned directors, in the capacity or capacities noted, has hereunto set his hand as of the date indicated below.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ VIRGIS W. COLBERT Virgis W. Colbert |
Director |
January 30, 2009 | ||
| /S/ JOSEPH PRUEHER Joseph Prueher |
Director |
February 18, 2009 | ||
| /S/ CHARLES O. ROSSOTTI Charles O. Rossotti |
Director |
February 23, 2009 | ||