Exhibit 31.1
MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
I, Paul D. Tobias, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mackinac Financial Corporation certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Mackinac Financial Corporation (the “registrant”); | |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. |
| Dated: August 20, 2010 | /s/ Paul D. Tobias | |||
| Paul D. Tobias | ||||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||||