Exhibit 24
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, J. Balog, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 2011.
| /s/ James Balog |
| J. Balog |
| Member, Board of Directors |
| Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Leslie A. Ross |
| Name: Leslie A. Ross |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, J. Bernbach, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of June, 2011.
| /s/ John Bernbach |
| J. Bernbach |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Deborah A. Brown |
| Name: Deborah A. Brown |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, P. Desmarais, Jr., member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 2011.
| /s/ Paul Desmarais |
| P. Desmarais, Jr. |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Lucie Thibault |
| Name: Lucie Thibault |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, A. Louvel, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of June, 2011.
| /s/ A. Louvel |
| A. Louvel |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Shawna K. Korth |
| Name: Shawna K. Korth |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R.L. McFeetors, chairman of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of June, 2011.
| /s/ R.L. McFeetors |
| R.L. McFeetors |
| Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Shawna K. Korth |
| Name: Shawna K. Korth |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, J.E.A. Nickerson, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of June, 2011.
| /s/ J. Nickerson |
| J.E.A. Nickerson |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Wendy Herron-Jochim |
| Name: Wendy Herron-Jochim |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R.J. Orr, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of June, 2011.
| /s/ Jeff Orr |
| R.J. Orr |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Shawna K. Korth |
| Name: Shawna K. Korth |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, M. Plessis-Bélair, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of June, 2011.
| /s/ M. Plessis-Belair |
| M. Plessis-Bélair |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Danielle Durocher |
| Name: Danielle Durocher |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, H. Rousseau, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of May, 2011.
| /s/ Henri Paul Rousseau |
| H. Rousseau |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Maria Iacampo |
| Name: Maria Iacampo |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R. Royer, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 2011.
| /s/ Raymond Royer |
| R. Royer |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Danielle Durocher |
| Name: Danielle Durocher |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, P.K. Ryan, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of May, 2011.
| /s/ P. Ryan |
| P.K. Ryan |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Maria Cristina Cocca |
| Name: Maria Cristina Cocca |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, T.T. Ryan, Jr., member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 2011.
| /s/ T. Ryan |
| T.T. Ryan, Jr. |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Margaret Jennings |
| Name: Margaret Jennings |
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, B.E. Walsh, member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint R.G. Schultz and G.R. Derback, and each of them, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute registration statements of the Great-West SecureFoundationSM Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate issued by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company on Form S-1 or any successor form of registration statement of the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 2011.
| /s/ B. Walsh |
| B.E. Walsh |
| Member, Board of Directors |
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company |
| Witness: |
| /s/ Erin Walsh |
| Name: Erin Walsh |
