EX-99.(R) 5 f3399d5.htm EX-99.(R)

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John L. Bernbach, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ John L. Bernbach 

John L. Bernbach 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Robin Bienfait, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Robin Bienfait  

Robin Bienfait 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Marcel R. Coutu, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Marcel R. Coutu 

Marcel R. Coutu 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, André R. Desmarais, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ André R. Desmarais 

André R. Desmarais 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paul G. Desmarais, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Paul G. Desmarais, Jr. 

Paul G. Desmarais, Jr. 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gary A. Doer, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Gary A. Doer 

Gary A. Doer 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gregory J. Fleming, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Gregory J. Fleming 

Gregory J. Fleming 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Alain Louvel, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Alain Louvel 

Alain Louvel 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paula B. Madoff, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Paula B. Madoff 

Paula B. Madoff 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paul A. Mahon, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Paul A. Mahon 

Paul A. Mahon 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R. Jeffrey Orr, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ R. Jeffrey Orr 

R. Jeffrey Orr 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Robert L. Reynolds, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Robert L. Reynolds 

Robert L. Reynolds 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. 

T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gregory D. Tretiak, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Gregory D. Tretiak 

Gregory D. Tretiak 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Brian E. Walsh, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), a Colorado corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file any and all reports (and amendments thereto) by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including but not limited to any report on Form 10-K) and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

  

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

  

Registration Statement Name 

Securities Act File Number 

COLI VUL 2 Series Account  (811-09201) 

333-70963 

FutureFunds Series Account  (811-03972) 

002-89550 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab OneSource Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194043 

Variable Annuity-1 Series Account -- Schwab Advisor Choice Variable Annuity  (811-07549) 

333-194099 

Variable Annuity-2 Series Account -- Great-West Smart Track Advisor Variable Annuity (811-05817) 

333-212090 

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203627 

  

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account – Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity (811-23050) 

333-203628 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Contract 

333-217293 

Great-West Secure-Foundation Group Fixed Deferred Annuity Certificate 

333-230622 

Form S-1, S-3, N-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed, as necessary, including but not limited to any Registration Statement filed to continue the offering of, and/or register more securities for, any securities offered by the Registration Statements identified above. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, 2020. 

  

  

/s/ Brian E. Walsh 

Brian E. Walsh 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company