Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
Constitutes and appoints each of Mark Dely, Lisa Conner,
Sheryl Miller and Stephen Hackman, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.  Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Vera
Bradley, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

2.  Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
national quotation system, national securities exchange, stock
exchange or similar authority; and

3.  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 undersigned, 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 terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in- fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and 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 undersigned 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 such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned,are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney
to be executed as of this 7th day of April, 2017.

/s/ Barbara B. Baekgaard
Signature

Barbara B. Baekgaard
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