POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the person whose signature appears
below hereby revokes all prior powers
granted by the undersigned to the extent
inconsistent herewith and constitutes
and appoints Beata D. Kirr, Kathleen M. Fisher,
Eric C. Freed, Nancy E. Hay, Stephen J. Laffey,
Richard A. Leahy  and Emilie D. Wrapp and
each of them, to act severally as attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with power of substitution and
resubstitution,for the undersigned in any and all
capacities, solely for the purpose of executing
her Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership on Form 3 and any subsequent
Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership on Form 4 or Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on
Form 5, and any amendments thereto, with
respect to the securities of the
AB Multi-Manager Alternative Fund, and filing
the same, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact, or their
substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Beata D. Kirr


Dated: January 23, 2020