EX-16 4 c46775pexv16.txt EXHIBIT 16 EXHIBIT (16) FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR N-14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT (CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE TAX FREE FUND & COLORADO INTERMEDIATE TAX FREE FUND MERGERS) KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Schreier, Jr., James D. Alt, Kathleen L. Prudhomme, Charles R. Manzoni, Jr., Richard J. Ertel, and Jeffery M. Wilson, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form N-14 of First American Investment Funds, Inc., relating to the combinations of California Intermediate Tax Free Fund into California Tax Free Fund and Colorado Intermediate Tax Free Fund into Colorado Tax Free Fund, and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Virginia L. Stringer Chair of the Board September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- and Director Virginia L. Stringer /s/ Benjamin R. Field, III Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Benjamin R. Field, III /s/ Roger A. Gibson Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Roger A. Gibson /s/ Victoria J. Herget Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Victoria J. Herget /s/ John P. Kayser Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- John P. Kayser /s/ Leonard W. Kedrowski Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Leonard W. Kedrowski /s/ Richard K. Riederer Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Richard K. Riederer /s/ Joseph D. Strauss Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- Joseph D. Strauss /s/ James M. Wade Director September 24, 2008 ------------------------------------- James M. Wade