POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on March 28, 1997
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below designates and appoints WILLIAM W.
SHERERTZ and MICHAEL D. MULHOLLAND, and either of them, true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agents to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Barrett
Business Services, Inc., a Maryland corporation, for the year ended December 31,
1996, and to file said report, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each person
whose signature appears below also grants full power and authority to these
attorneys-in-fact and agents to perform every act and execute any instruments
that they deem necessary or desirable in connection with said report, as fully
as he could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this power of attorney has been executed by each of the
undersigned as of the 12th day of March, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ WILLIAM W. SHERERTZ President and Chief Executive Officer
William W. Sherertz and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ MICHAEL D. MULHOLLAND Vice President-Finance
Michael D. Mulholland (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ JAMES D. MILLER Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
James D. Miller
/s/ ROBERT R. AMES Director
Robert R. Ames
/s/ JEFFREY L. BEAUDOIN Director
Jeffrey L. Beaudoin
/s/ STEPHEN A. GREGG Director
Stephen A. Gregg
/s/ ANTHONY MEEKER Director
Anthony Meeker
/s/ STANLEY G. RENECKER Director
Stanley G. Renecker