EX-99.16 2 c18637eexv99w16.txt DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES POWER OF ATTORNEY DIRECTORS POWER OF ATTORNEY City of Minneapolis State of Minnesota Each of the undersigned, as directors of the below listed open-end investment company: 1933 Act 1940 Act Reg. Number Reg. Number ----------- ----------- RIVERSOURCE LARGE CAP SERIES, INC. 2-38355 811-2111 hereby constitutes and appoints Steven R. Lewis, Jr., any other member of the Boards who is not an interested person of the investment manager, and Scott R. Plummer or any one of these persons individually as her or his attorney-in-fact and agent to file and sign for her or him in her or his name, place and stead any Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including any and all amendments thereto) relating to the merger of RiverSource Fundamental Growth Fund, a series of RiverSource Managers Series, Inc., into RiverSource Growth Fund, a series of RiverSource Large Cap Series, Inc., and any other document, upon the advice of counsel, filed by RIVERSOURCE LARGE CAP SERIES, INC. with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940; and grants them the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act required and necessary to be done in connection therewith. Dated the 11th day of September, 2007. /s/ Kathleen A. Blatz /s/ Jeffrey Laikind ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- Kathleen A. Blatz Jeffrey Laikind /s/ Arne H. Carlson /s/ Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- Arne H. Carlson Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. /s/ Pamela G. Carlton /s/ Catherine James Paglia ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- Pamela G. Carlton Catherine James Paglia /s/ Patricia M. Flynn /s/ Alison Taunton-Rigby ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Patricia M. Flynn Alison Taunton-Rigby /s/ Anne P. Jones /s/ William F. (Ted) Truscott ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Anne P. Jones William F. (Ted) Truscott