AMERIPRISE CERTIFICATE COMPANY
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

City of Minneapolis

State of Minnesota

Each of the undersigned as a director of Ameriprise Certificate Company, a
face-amount certificate company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, hereby constitutes and appoints William F. (Ted) Truscott, Ross P.
Palacios, David K. Stewart, Scott R. Plummer and Christopher O. Petersen or any
one of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign for him or her in
his or her name, place and stead any and all registration statements and
amendments thereto (with all exhibits and other documents required or desirable
in connection therewith) that may be prepared from time to time in connection
with said Company's existing or future face-amount certificate products -
whether pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or otherwise - and periodic and other reports,
and amendments thereto, including those on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, as
required pursuant to provisions of applicable federal securities laws, and any
necessary or appropriate filings with states or other jurisdictions, and grants
to any or all of them the full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act required or necessary or appropriate in connection with such
signatures or filings.

Signed on this 24th day of February, 2009


/s/ Rodney P. Burwell
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Rodney P. Burwell


/s/ Jean B. Keffeler
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Jean B. Keffeler


/s/ Thomas R. McBurney
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Thomas R. McBurney


/s/ Karen M. Bohn
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Karen M. Bohn