Exhibit 31.1

                  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
                          (Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a))

I, David L. Cox,  Chairman  of the  Board,  President  and Chief  Executive
Officer, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed the Form 10-QSB of Emclaire Financial Corp.;

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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this report;

4.       The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
         procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
         for the small business issuer 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
               small business issuer,  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)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  small  business  issuer's
               disclosure  controls and  procedures and 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

               (c)  Disclosed  in this  report any change in the small  business
                    issuer's  internal  control over  financial  reporting  that
                    occurred  during the small  business  issuer'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
                    small  business  issuer's  internal  control over  financial
                    reporting; and

5.       The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
         financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the
         audit committee of the small business issuer'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 small  business  issuer'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 small
                    business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.



     Date:  November 14, 2003     By: /s/ David L. Cox
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                                     David L. Cox
                                     Chairman of the Board,
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer



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