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Principal Funds, Inc.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The member of the board of directors whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael

J. Beer, David J. Brown, Jill R. Brown, Ernest H. Gillum, Michael D. Roughton, and Beth C. Wilson, and each of

them, his/her true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power and authority of substitution and

resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and

agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Principal Funds,

Inc. (“PFI”) to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933,

as amended (collectively, the "Acts"), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange

Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of the following registration

statement and any amendments thereto including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as a director and/or officer of PFI

any and all such registration statements and amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

under the Acts, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify

and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof:

A registration statement on Form N-14 relating to PFI High Quality Intermediate-Term Bond Fund into PFI Bond

Market Index Fund to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2010 or as soon

thereafter as practicable.