| EXHBIIT 16 |
| POWER OF ATTORNEY |
We, the undersigned officers and Trustees of Eaton Vance Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, do hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas E. Faust Jr., Maureen A. Gemma or Barbara E. Campbell, or any of them, to be true, sufficient and lawful attorneys, or attorney for each of us, to sign for each of us, in the name of each of us in the capacities indicated below, Registration Statements on Form N-14 and any and all amendments to such Registration Statements filed by Eaton Vance Investment Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of shares of beneficial interest and other documents and papers relating thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands on the dates set opposite our respective signatures.
| Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ Cynthia J. Clemson | President and Principal | April 7, 2011 |
| Cynthia J. Clemson | Executive Officer | |
| /s/ Barbara E. Campbell | Treasurer and Principal | April 7, 2011 |
| Barbara E. Campbell | Financial and Accounting Officer | |
| /s/ Benjamin C. Esty | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Benjamin C. Esty | ||
| /s/ Thomas E. Faust Jr. | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Thomas E. Faust Jr. | ||
| /s/ Allen R. Freedman | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Allen R. Freedman | ||
| /s/ William H. Park | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| William H. Park | ||
| /s/ Ronald A. Pearlman | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Ronald A. Pearlman | ||
| /s/ Helen Frame Peters | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Helen Frame Peters | ||
| /s/ Lynn A. Stout | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Lynn A. Stout | ||
| /s/ Ralph F. Verni | Trustee | April 7, 2011 |
| Ralph F. Verni | ||