POWER OF ATTORNEY
 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the
"Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and appoints each
of Stacey W. Goff, Gary Maxwell ("Max") Cox, Michael Rouvina,
Meredith Hayes, Kenneth J. Najder, and Kelly C. Simoneaux
signing individually, as the Reporting Person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the
Reporting Person's capacity as an officer or director of
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.) or any successor
thereof (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;(2) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting
Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity as a security holder
of the Company selling securities of the Company in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, a Form 144;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
Reporting Person that may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such items and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The
Reporting Person hereby ratifies and confirms any and all of the
actions described above that have been taken by any of the named
attorneys-in-fact prior to the date hereof. The Reporting Person
hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
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authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or any such attorney-in fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by the virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the Reporting Person's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. This Power
of Attorney shall be effective as of the date the Reporting
Person becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Act with respect to
holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, and
shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting Person
is no longer, required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with respect
to the Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. I agree that the use of an electronic
signature constitutes the legal equivalent of my manual signature
for purposes of authenticating the signature to any SEC or EDGAR
filing for which it is provided. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting
Person has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
4th day of April 2022.
/s/ Chris Stansbury
 CHRIS STANSBURY