POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John E. Bruno, Cynthia M.
Clarke, Lance C. Dial and Valerie N. Tipping, and each of them singly
as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them, to
execute, on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below, any
and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of
reportable securities issued by Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund,
Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2, Nuveen Diversified Dividend and
Income Fund, John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership
on Form 3, all statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all
annual statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, and any and all other
documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any exchange upon which such Funds are
listed, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such
statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any exchange upon which such Funds are listed, granting to said
attorney, full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this
18th day of December 2015.


/s/ Cheryl M. Duckworth
Name:  Cheryl M. Duckworth
Title: Senior Managing Director