Exhibit 16(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Susan J. Carter, Collette Chilton, Neil A. Cotty, Lena G. Goldberg, Henry R. Keizer, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Donald C. Opatrny, Mark Stalnecker, Kenneth L. Urish, Claire A. Walton, Robert Fairbairn and John M. Perlowski, Directors of BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., hereby authorize Benjamin Archibald, John M. Perlowski, Jay M. Fife, Jennifer McGovern and Janey Ahn, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-14, filed for BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund, Inc. and/or BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) for or on behalf of BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
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