Exhibit 31.1

 

RFMC GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL FUND, LP

CERTIFICATION

|   | I, Robert Lerner, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| 1)     | I have reviewed this quarterly report for: RFMC                                Global Directional Fund, LP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| 2)     | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain                                any untrue statement or a material fact or omit to state a material                                part 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;   |
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| 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;                      |
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| 4)     | The registrant’s other certifying officers 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 registrant and have:                                                                                                          |
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|   | 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 is made known to us by others within those entities,                                particularly during the period in which this report is being                                prepared; |
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | evaluated the effectiveness of the                                registrant’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 |
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|   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | disclosed in this report any change in the                                registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that                                occurred during the registrant’s roost recent fiscal quarter                                that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                                affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial                                reporting; and |
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| 5)     | The registrant’s other certifying officers 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): |
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|   | 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 |
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|   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | any fraud, whether or not                                material, that involves management or other employees who have                                asignificant role in the registrant's                                internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:  August 14,                            2008  | By:                              /s/   Robert L.                            Lerner                                                            |
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|                                                         | President, Principal                                Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of Ruvane                                Fund  Management Corporationthe general partner of RFMC Global                                Directional Fund, LP                                                                                                                                                                                                   |