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**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**Certification Pursuant toRule 13a-15(e)/15d-15(e)**

I, Russell A. Whitney, the Chief Executive Officerof Whitney Information Network, Inc. (the “Company”), certify that:

1.                                       Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the Company;

2.                                       Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the year covered by this annual report;

3.                                       Basedon my knowledge, the Consolidated Financial Statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrantas of, and for, the years presented in this annual report;

4.                                       TheRegistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)                                      designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the year in which this annual report is being prepared;

b)                                     evaluatedthe effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the year covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

c)                                      disclosedin this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the issuer’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

5.                                       TheRegistrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the Audit Committee of Registrant’s Board of Directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):

a)                                      allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

b)                                     Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

Dated: November 13,2006 
|        | /s/Russell A. Whitney                               |
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|   | Name: Russell A. Whitney  Title: Chief Executive Officer |

 

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