Speakers

Leslie Scott is the founder of Re.Use.Full and the Digital Inclusion Program Manager at KC Digital Drive. She has lived in the KC region since 1997 and has nearly 15 years of direct experience as a dedicated, community-connected nonprofit professional committed to effecting positive change in the community through her activism and innovation. 

Re.Use.Full's mission is to improve the well-being of communities by encouraging simple, sustainable living in order to reduce resource inequality and waste.

 

Club member, Bill Morton, will also provide an update on Rotary International's efforts to erradicate Polio.  

Lindsay Jarquio is the Director of Leadership Development at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of
Commerce, where she has spent more than eight years developing and leading programs that connect,
equip, and inspire Kansas City’s current and emerging leaders. Her portfolio includes the Centurions
Leadership Program, genKC, and Women’s Leadership, including the ATHENA Awards. She is particularly
passionate about Centurions, which, in 2026, is celebrating five decades of cultivating civic-minded
leaders and strengthening Kansas City’s leadership network. Lindsay holds an MBA from the University
of Missouri–Kansas City and a Bachelor of Science from Northwest Missouri State University.
Lindsay is president-elect of the KC Plaza Rotary Club and has served on the boards of Catholic Charities
of Kansas City–St. Joseph and the Raytown Educational Foundation. She also volunteers with Lead to
Read and enjoys giving her time to causes that strengthen the Kansas City community. A Kansas City
resident in the Country Club Plaza area, Lindsay enjoys traveling, learning the French language, and
spending time with her family and being an aunt to her niece and nephew.

Honor Flight is a  national organization that was started in 2005 and has grown to over 100 hubs all across the United States including hubs in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The mission is to take veterans to Washington DC to see the memorials that have been built in their honor, and do it without any cost to the veterans.

Dave Borchardt is the Vice President of Corporate & Community Relations for the Kansas City Sports Commission. Reporting to Kathy Nelson, Dave is responsible for all the Sports Commission’s fundraising efforts, including partnership sales for the organization’s 15 annual programs & events, which include the Garmin Kansas City Marathon, Camp WIN presented by Royals Charities and the Kansas City Sports Awards presented by Populous. 

 

Dave is a lifelong Kansas Citian and a graduate of the University of Missouri in 2000. Prior to joining the Sports Commission, Dave worked at Sports Radio 810 WHB (2000 – 2008), Sporting Kansas City (2008 – 2011) and Time Warner Cable (2011-2016). Dave still does broadcasting work in his free time, as he serves as the radio play-by-play voice of the Kansas City Current. 

Erin Cole, LMSW, is the Chief Executive Officer of Women’s Employment Network (WEN), a Kansas City nonprofit that has been helping women achieve economic independence through employment for nearly 40 years.

Erin joined WEN in 2010 and has had the unique opportunity to grow alongside the organization, beginning her career there working directly with women seeking employment and eventually stepping into the CEO role in 2026. That experience continues to shape how she leads today: with a focus on practical solutions, strong relationships, and making sure innovation never comes at the expense of human connection.

She is especially passionate about the changing world of work and how tools like AI can create new opportunities when people are given the confidence and support to use them. Erin is a 2024 graduate of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program and was named a 2026 Kansas City Business Journal NextGen Leader. She is proud to call the Kansas City community home.