“Tomorrow is never a guarantee, live everyday to its fullest. Provide service to your community whenever possible and leave whatever you have been tasked with better than when it was given to you.”Kat Probst is the Director of Program Development, and Quality Assurance for Adair County Ambulance District. Kat’s additional titles and responsibilities entail the Director of Patient Billing, Information Technologies and Compliance and Exposure Control Officer for the District. Kat originally grew up in the St. Louis area and moved to Northeast Missouri in 2004 to attend Truman State University. Kat’s career began with dispatching at the Adair County E911 center in 2005. Kat chose to advance her career and became a licensed EMT in 2006 and obtained her Paramedic license in 2008 serving in the medical field until she became a member of the Executive Leadership Team for the District in 2010. Kat’s passion for the EMS field is reflected in her services across the state of Mo representing the EMS industry in many capacities such as the Vice President of the Missouri Ambulance Association, Vice Chair of Central Region EMS, and numerous task forces locally and statewide to enhance EMS services across the state. Some of these task forces and committees include advocating at the legislative level, CIT in EMS statewide, Region B Healthcare Coalition, Board member of NEMO Heart Health, EMS Mutual Aid Coordination, and Time Critical Diagnosis committees at a local and state level. Kat was also honored in 2018 as the Zoll Pulse Award recipient and in 2019 as a Kirksville Young Professionals 5 under 40 Award recipient.Kat is actively engaged in her community and enjoys serving there whenever possible. She is the Vice President of School Parent Teacher Organization and the Secretary/Treasurer of Scotland County Farm Bureau. Kat and her husband also enjoy serving as foster parents and believe in having strong family values.