Exhibit 24 Powers of Attorney (2015 S-8)

EX-24 5 exhibit24powersofattorney2.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 Powers of Attorney (2015 S-8)

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ GERALD L. BALILES

Gerald L. Baliles

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ JOHN T. CASTEEN III

John T. Casteen III

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ DINYAR S. DEVITRE

Dinyar S. Devitre

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ THOMAS F. FARRELL II

Thomas F. Farrell II

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ THOMAS W. JONES

Thomas W. Jones

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ DEBRA J. KELLY-ENNIS

Debra J. Kelly-Ennis

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ W. LEO KIELY III

W. Leo Kiely III

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ KATHRYN B. MCQUADE

Kathryn B. McQuade

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ GEORGE MUÑOZ

George Muñoz

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned, a Director of Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), does hereby constitute and appoint Martin J. Barrington, Denise F. Keane, William F. Gifford, Jr. and W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr., or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, by manual or facsimile signature, electronic transmission or otherwise, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) for the registration of shares of the Company’s common stock $.33 1/3 par value, issuable by the Company in connection with the Company’s 2015 Performance Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits, financial statements and prospectuses included or to be incorporated by reference therein, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand and seal this 20th day of May, 2015.

/s/ NABIL Y. SAKKAB

Nabil Y. Sakkab