EX-24 4 y31918aexv24.htm EX-24: POWER OF ATTORNEY EX-24
 

Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     Know All Men By These Presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints JOHN P. JONES III or PAUL E. HUCK or W. DOUGLAS BROWN, acting severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements, and any amendments thereto, which may be required in connection with (i) the registration of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Debt Securities, and Warrants, including the registration of Common Stock for issuance under any employee benefit or compensation plan, (ii) the registration of interests under any employee benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or (iii) any fundamental change in the information contained in such Registration Statements, 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 requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
             
Signature       Title   Date
 
           
/s/ John P. Jones III
 
John P. Jones III
      Director, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Mario L. Baeza
 
Mario L. Baeza
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ William L. Davis, III
 
William L. Davis, III
      Director   16 November 2006

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Signature       Title   Date
/s/ Michael J. Donahue
 
Michael J. Donahue
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Ursula O. Fairbairn
 
Ursula O. Fairbairn
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ W. Douglas Ford
 
W. Douglas Ford
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker
 
Edward E. Hagenlocker
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Evert Henkes
 
Evert Henkes
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Margaret G. McGlynn
 
Margaret G. McGlynn
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Charles H. Noski
 
Charles H. Noski
      Director   16 November 2006
 
           
/s/ Lawrence S. Smith
 
Lawrence S. Smith
      Director   16 November 2006

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