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Exhibit 16
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Robert C. Brown, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Robert C. Brown
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Robert C. Brown
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Donald H. Burkhardt, whose signature appears below, does hereby
constitute and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman,
Dorothy A. Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Donald H. Burkhardt
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Donald H. Burkhardt
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Jack S. Euphrat, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Jack S. Euphrat
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Jack S. Euphrat
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Thomas S. Goho, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and
appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Thomas S. Goho
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Thomas S. Goho
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Peter G. Gordon, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Peter G. Gordon
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Peter G. Gordon
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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W. Rodney Hughes, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ W. Rodney Hughes
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W. Rodney Hughes
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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J. Tucker Morse, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ J. Tucker Morse
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J. Tucker Morse
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Timothy J. Penny, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Timothy J. Penny
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Timothy J. Penny
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Donald C. Willeke, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Karla M. Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each individually, with power of
substitution or resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may
deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 trustee
any and all such amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or
documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Donald C. Willeke
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Donald C. Willeke
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Michael J. Hogan, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, C. David Messman, Dorothy A. Peters, Karla M.
Rabusch, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, each individually, with power of substitution or
resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem
necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 the
President and/or principal executive officer of the Trust any and all such
amendments filed with the SEC and any other instruments or documents related
thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Michael J. Hogan
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Michael J. Hogan
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Karla M. Rabusch, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute
and appoint Christopher Bellonzi, Michael J. Hogan, C. David Messman, Dorothy A.
Peters, Amy Van Der Schouw and William Ying, her true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, each individually, with power of substitution or
resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, each individually, may deem
necessary or advisable or which may be required to enable Wells Fargo Funds
Trust (the "Trust"), to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Acts"), and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in
respect thereof, including in connection with the filing and effectiveness of
the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to said Acts, 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 Treasurer
and/or principal financial officer of the Trust any and all such amendments
filed with the SEC and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and
the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Effective Date:
May 9, 2000
/s/ Karla M. Rabusch
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Karla M. Rabusch
