POWER OF ATTORNEY
       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Carl D. Lundblad and Mark S. Merrill, or either of
them acting individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID to effect the
assignment of codes to the undersigned to be used in the transmission of
information to the United States Securities & Exchange Commission
using the EDGAR System, in accordance with the regulations of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder;
(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the securities of Tower Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder;
(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form ID, or Forms 3, 4, and 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
 and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holding of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 23rd day of March, 2009.
                                               /s/ Marcus Faust