POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of John C. Junek, Thomas R. Moore, David H. Weiser,
William H. Rice and Susan M. Beltz, 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 a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder,
and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition,
or disposition of securities of the Company, including Form 144;

  (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, or other form or report, including
the completion, execution and filing for Form ID, and timely file
such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any 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 my 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 hereby 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, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be
duly executed as of this 2nd day of February, 2010.

/s/ Kim M. Sharan
President, Financial Planning, Retirement &
Wealth Strategies and Chief Marketing Officer of
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.