EXHIBIT 24.1               

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, Stan A. Askren, Kurt A. Tjaden and Steven M. Bradford, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement or registration statements on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, concerning certain shares of common stock, par value $1.00, of HNI Corporation, an Iowa corporation (the "Corporation"), and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement(s) and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same document.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the dates set forth below.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Mary H. Bell Mary H. Bell	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Miguel M. Calado                            Miguel M. Calado	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Gary M. Christensen     Gary M. Christensen	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Cheryl A. Francis                         Cheryl A. Francis	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ John A. Halbrook                               John A. Halbrook	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ James R. Jenkins James R. Jenkins	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Dennis J. Martin                            Dennis J. Martin	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Larry B. Porcellato                         Larry B. Porcellato	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Joseph E. Scalzo                            Joseph E. Scalzo	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Abbie J. Smith                                Abbie J. Smith	Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Brian E. Stern                                       Brian E. Stern	Lead Director	May 12, 2009
/s/ Ronald V. Waters, III                     Ronald V. Waters, III	Director	May 12, 2009