POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Michele Volpi, hereby
constitute and appoint Timothy J. Keenan and Debra L. Hovland,
James R. Giertz and Ann B. Parriott, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name,
place and stead, to sign any 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 transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities
of H.B. Fuller Company, and all amendments thereto, and to file the
same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the appropriate
securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, or their 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 ratify and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents.


Dated:  4/3/08					/s/  Michele Volpi