<PAGE>


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Francoise Colloc'h
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Francoise Colloc'h

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Norman C. Francis
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Norman C. Francis

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Michael Hegarty
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Michael Hegarty

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Edward Miller
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Edward Miller

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Denis Duverne
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Denis Duverne

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Donald J. Greene
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Donald J. Greene

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ George T. Lowy
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            George T. Lowy

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Peter J. Tobin
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Peter J. Tobin

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Joseph L. Dionne
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Joseph L. Dionne

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ John T. Hartley
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            John T. Hartley

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ John H. F. Haskell, Jr.
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            John H. F. Haskell, Jr.

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
5th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ Dave H. Williams
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Dave H. Williams

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Mary B. (Nina) Henderson
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Mary B. (Nina) Henderson

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
4th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ George J. Sella, Jr.
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            George J. Sella, Jr.

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ W. Edwin Jarmain
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            W. Edwin Jarmain

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
13th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Alvin H. Fenichel

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
13th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ Jean-Rene Fourtou
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Jean-Rene Fourtou

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
23rd day of March, 2000.



                                        /s/ Stanley B. Tulin
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Stanley B. Tulin

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
4th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ Henri de Castries
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Henri de Castries

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
Director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (the
"Company"), a New York stock life insurance company, hereby constitutes and
appoints R. Lee Wilson, Anne M. Katcher, Stuart L. Faust, Nik Malvania, Pauline
Sherman, Naomi J. Weinstein, Mary A. Hyland, Maureen K. Wolfson, Mildred
Oliver, Robin Wagner and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution to each, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or
her name, place and stead, to execute and file any of the documents referred to
below relating to registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 with
respect to any insurance or annuity contracts or other agreements providing for
allocation of amounts to Separate Accounts of the Company, and related units or
interests in Separate Accounts: registration statements on any form or forms
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
annual reports on any form or forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and all
instruments necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and his, her or their substitutes being empowered
to act with or without the others, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be
done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this
10th day of April, 2000.



                                        /s/ Didier Pineau Valencienne
                                          -------------------------------------

                                            Didier Pineau Valencienne