EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer and/or director of Mesaba Holdings, Inc.,
hereby constitutes and appoints Paul F. Foley and John S. Fredericksen, or
either of them, with power to act one without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his stead, in any and all capacities to
sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Mesaba Holdings, Inc. relating
to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitution or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 18, 2000 /s/ Richard H. Anderson
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Richard H. Anderson
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer and/or director of Mesaba Holdings, Inc.,
hereby constitutes and appoints Paul F. Foley and John S. Fredericksen, or
either of them, with power to act one without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his stead, in any and all capacities to
sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Mesaba Holdings, Inc. relating
to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitution or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 18, 2000 /s/ Pierson M. Grieve
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Pierson M. Grieve
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer and/or director of Mesaba Holdings, Inc.,
hereby constitutes and appoints Paul F. Foley and John S. Fredericksen, or
either of them, with power to act one without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his stead, in any and all capacities to
sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Mesaba Holdings, Inc. relating
to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitution or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 18, 2000 /s/ Donald E. Benson
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Donald E. Benson
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer and/or director of Mesaba Holdings, Inc.,
hereby constitutes and appoints Paul F. Foley and John S. Fredericksen, or
either of them, with power to act one without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his stead, in any and all capacities to
sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Mesaba Holdings, Inc. relating
to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitution or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 18, 2000 /s/ Carl R. Pohlad
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Carl R. Pohlad
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officer and/or director of Mesaba Holdings, Inc.,
hereby constitutes and appoints Paul F. Foley and John S. Fredericksen, or
either of them, with power to act one without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his stead, in any and all capacities to
sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Mesaba Holdings, Inc. relating
to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitution or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 18, 2000 /s/ Raymond W. Zehr, Jr.
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Raymond W. Zehr, Jr.
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