POWER OF ATTORNEY
      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, David N. Roberts, hereby 
constitute and appoint Allan Krinsman my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full 
power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign any 
Schedules 13D or 13G, reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of 
Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 
(Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) relating to holdings of and 
transactions by me in common stock or other securities of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. 
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, together with this power of attorney, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and the appropriate securities exchange, granting unto said 
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and 
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, 
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and 
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such 
time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the above-named attorney-in-fact and agent.

Dated: January 20, 2012           _/s/ David N. Roberts_____
                  David N. Roberts