FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
N-14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
(Arizona Tax Free Fund Merger)
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Schreier, Jr., James D. Alt, Kathleen L. Prudhomme, Charles R. Manzoni, Jr., Richard J. Ertel, and Jeffery M. Wilson, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form N-14 of First American Investment Funds, Inc., relating to the combination of Arizona Tax Free Fund into Tax Free Fund, and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Virginia L. Stringer Virginia L. Stringer | Chair of the Board and Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Benjamin R. Field, III Benjamin R. Field, III | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Roger A. Gibson Roger A. Gibson | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Victoria J. Herget Victoria J. Herget | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ John P. Kayser John P. Kayser | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Leonard W. Kedrowski Leonard W. Kedrowski | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Richard K. Riederer Richard K. Riederer | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ Joseph D. Strauss Joseph D. Strauss | Director | September 16, 2009 | ||
/s/ James M. Wade James M. Wade | Director | September 16, 2009 |