CERTIFICATE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY

         The undersigned Assistant Secretary for Aberdeen Funds (the "Trust")
hereby certifies that the Board of Trustees of the Trust duly adopted the
following resolution on June 9, 2009:

                  RESOLVED, that the Powers of Attorney, substantially in the
                  forms presented to this Board, appointing William Baltrus,
                  Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy, Jennifer Nichols, Lucia Sitar,
                  Tim Sullivan and Shahreza Yusof as attorneys-in-fact for the
                  purpose of filing a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (to be
                  used in connection with The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II
                  reorganization) and any amendments thereto with the SEC for
                  the Trust by execution of such documents on behalf of each
                  Trustee and certain designated officers of the Trust, are
                  hereby approved, and the attorneys-in-fact listed in such
                  Power of Attorney are hereby authorized to act in accordance
                  with such Power of Attorney for the purposes described in the
                  Power of Attorney, and the execution of such Power of Attorney
                  by each Trustee and designated officer is hereby authorized
                  and approved.




Dated: July 17, 2009

                                                            /s/ Lucia Sitar
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                                                            Lucia Sitar
                                                            Assistant Secretary