POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
 appoints each of Karen Wilson Thissen, Thomas R. Moore, David H. Weiser,
 James DeBuse and Susan M. Beltz, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
 lawful attorney-in-fact to:
	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
 capacity as an officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the
 "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and
 any other forms or reports, including amended reports, the
 undersigned may be required to file with the United States
 Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the
 undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
 securities of the Company, including Form 144;
	(2)	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 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report,
 including the completion, execution and filing of Form ID,
 including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
 or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
 undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
 required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 or any rule or regulation of the SEC and timely file such form or
 report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
 and
	(3)	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 holdings 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 24th day of January, 2017.


/s/ James M. Cracchiolo

Name:  James M. Cracchiolo
Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.