LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 AND RULE 144 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and

appoints each of Dominick C. Colangelo, Joseph Mara and Sean C. Flynn as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority

 as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the

 undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5

(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Vericel

 Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), with the United States

 Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the

 Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) 	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 144 in accordance

with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the ?Securities Act?), and

other documents in connection therewith as necessary or desirable to be done

under Rule 144;

(3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the

undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities

from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators

 and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release

 any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such

release of information; and

(4)	perform any and all other acts, which in the discretion of such

attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the

undersigned in connection with the foregoing. Additionally, the undersigned

acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such

attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to

such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf

of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and

will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his

or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for

 the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the

Exchange Act or the Securities Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for

any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or

liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b)

of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility

 for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Securities Act or

the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under

Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full

 power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the

foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if 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.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such

attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 11th day of March, 2022.




                                         ____/s/ Jonathan Siegal_______________
                                         Signature



                                         Jonathan Siegal_______________________
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