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SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Walter W. Bettinger II 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Walter W. Bettinger II 

Trustee and Chairman 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Joseph R. Martinetto 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Joseph R. Martinetto 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Robert W. Burns 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Robert W. Burns 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ John F. Cogan 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: John F. Cogan 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Nancy F. Heller 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Nancy F. Heller 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Stephen Timothy Kochis 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Stephen Timothy Kochis 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ David L. Mahoney 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: David L. Mahoney 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Jane P. Moncreiff 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Jane P. Moncreiff 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Kiran M. Patel 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Kiran M. Patel 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Kimberly S. Patmore 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Kimberly S. Patmore 

Trustee 

 

SCHWAB INVESTMENTS 

  

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  

  

I, the undersigned trustee and/or officer of Schwab Investments, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), do hereby constitute and appoint David Lekich, Catherine MacGregor, Christine Pierangeli, Douglas P. Dick and Stephen T. Cohen, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them, to sign for me and in my name and the capacity listed below, the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-14 with regard to the reorganization of Wasmer Schroeder High Yield Municipal Fund into Schwab High Yield Municipal Bond Fund and any and all Amendments to said Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto my said attorneys, and each of them, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 

  

  

  

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below. 

  

  

  

/s/ Gerald B. Smith 

  

Date:  April 10, 2020 

Name: Gerald B. Smith 

Trustee