Exhibit (16)(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Trustees and/or Officers of Alpha Architect ETF Trust (the “Trust”), a registered investment company, hereby appoint Wesley R. Gray and John Vogel (with full power to each of them to act alone) his attorney-in-fact and agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any and all instruments that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with or register any security issued by the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, including but not limited to, any registration statement on Form N-14, including any and all amendments thereto, any other document to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a single document.
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SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney as of the 27th day of August, 2020.
| Signature | | Title |
| | | |
| /s/ Wesley R. Gray | | Trustee and President |
| Wesley R. Gray | | |
| | | |
| /s/ Michael S. Pagano | | Trustee |
| Michael S. Pagano | | |
| | | |
| /s/ Daniel Dorn | | Trustee |
| Daniel Dorn | | |
| | | |
| /s/ Emeka Oguh | | Trustee |
| Emeka Oguh | | |
| | | |
| /s/ Patrick Cleary | | Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
| Patrick Cleary | | |
| | | |
| /s/ John Vogel | | Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer |
| John Vogel | | |
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