Exhibit 24
Power of Attorney
Each directorand/or officer of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the “Corporation”) whose signature appears below hereby appoints Neil Bulman, Jr. or Joan Holstein Hilson as his or her attorneys or either of them individually as his or her attorney, to sign, in his or her name and behalf and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the Corporation’s Annual Report onForm 10-K (the“Form 10-K”) for the year ended February 2, 2008, and likewise to sign and file with the Commission any and all amendments to theForm 10-K, and the Corporation hereby appoints such persons as its attorneys-in-fact and each of them as its attorney-in-fact with like authority to sign and file theForm 10-K and any amendments thereto granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands as of March 28, 2008.
Signature | Title | |||
/s/ James V. O’Donnell James V. O’Donnell | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Joan Holstein Hilson Joan Holstein Hilson | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AE Brand (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Jay L. Schottenstein Jay L. Schottenstein | Chairman of the Board and Director | |||
/s/ Jon P. Diamond Jon P. Diamond | Director | |||
/s/ Michael G. Jesselson Michael G. Jesselson | Director | |||
/s/ Alan Kane Alan Kane | Director | |||
/s/ Roger S. Markfield Roger S. Markfield | Director | |||
/s/ Cary D. McMillan Cary D. McMillan | Director | |||
/s/ Janice E. Page Janice E. Page | Director | |||
/s/ J. Thomas Presby J. Thomas Presby | Director | |||
/s/ Gerald E. Wedren Gerald E. Wedren | Director |