About Referral Experts
Our Mission
Board of Directors
2024-2025
President: Dan Rowan
Vice President: Jordan Abdel-Haq
Secretary: Michael Drelicharz
Treasurer: Bill Metcalf
Emeritus: Steve Henke
Committee Chairs
2024-2025
Membership: Steve Henke
Events: Bill Metcalf
Education: Kevin Burke
Mentor: Robin Lingle
Statistician and Webmaster: Beth Firsching
Through business and personal interactions, we actively seek opportunities to help each other grow our businesses.
Meetings
Twice-Monthly Meetings
1st and 3rd Wednesdays
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Panera Bread (The Arboretum)
100 W. Higgins Road, South Barrington
Special Formats
Best Practices
Power Partners
Our History
Members of Referral Experts began meeting weekly in 2001, under the auspices of an international referral organization. In 2009, the group decided to become an independent networking group and started Referral Experts, Inc., which continues to be successful today. Due to increasing demands on entrepreneurs, in early 2024, the group voted to shift from a weekly format to meeting twice a month. Members are encouraged to engage in 1-on-1 meetings on the off weeks.
| Year | Total Referrals Passed |
Total Closed Business |
| 2023-2024 | 76 | $2,132,523 |
| 2022-2023 | 125 | $1,433,168 |
| 2021-2022 | 81 | $1,953,676 |
| 2020-2021 | 112 | $2,379,029 |
| 2020* | 59 | $1,667,649 |
| 2019 | 201 | $1,339,929 |
| 2018 | 168 | $920,848 |
| 2017 | 125 | $1,961,632 |
| 2016 | 75 | $789,028 |
| 2015 | 132 | $914,644 |
| 2014 | 194 | $945,835 |
| 2013 | 146 | $981,725 |
| 2012 | 222 | $1,113,928 |
| 2011 | 176 | $1,472,422 |
| 2010 | 97 | $1,459,685 |
* This is January-June 2020. We changed to fiscal year accounting in July 2020. (Our fiscal year runs June 30 – July 1.)