CERTIFICATION





Pursuant
      to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Richard D. Craven, certify
      that:





1.
      I have
      reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Universal Bioenergy, Inc., for the
      quarterly period ended March 31, 2008;





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;





3.
      Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
      condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
      for, the periods presented in this report;





4.
      The
      registrant's other certifying officer and I am responsible for establishing
      and
      maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules
      13a-15(e) and 15d-15)) for the registrant's and have:





a)
      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
      material information relating to the registrant's, including its consolidated
      subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
      during the period in which this report is being prepared;





b)
      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting, to be designed under our supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
      and the preparation of financial statements for extern purposes in accordance
      with generally accepted accounting principals;





c)
      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
      procedures presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
      of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
      by
      this report based on such evaluation; and





d)
      Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal
      quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
      annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
      and





(5)
      The
      small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
      on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
      to
      the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
      of
      directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):








(a)
      All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
      adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
      report financial information; and





(b)
      Any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting.








Date:
                May 30, 2008/s/
                Richard D. CravenRichard
                D. CravenChief
                Executive Officer