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, Brian J.
McGrane, 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 reports on Form
10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K required pursuant to provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, 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 1st day of August, 2006
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/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