Amanda Prough received her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego and her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She began her career in public health emergency preparedness in 2006. She has worked at health department in both Missouri and Kansas and has been the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Coordinator and Public Health Emergency Planner for Johnson County Kansas Department of Health and Environment since December 2019.