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Chad Kempel — top youth keynote speaker in Boise Idaho, 4x Guinness World Records title holder
Youth speaker • Idaho school speaker • Boise

The best high school assembly speaker in Idaho is the one no student can dismiss.

Chad Kempel is a Boise-based youth keynote speaker with 4 Guinness World Records titles, an MA in Experimental Psychology, and three talks built for Idaho high schools. Every claim he makes on stage is publicly verifiable. Available across the Treasure Valley, statewide, and nationwide.

Local Introductory Rate: $1,000 per assembly · See what’s included ↓

Why a Boise-based speaker matters for Idaho schools

When you book a youth speaker from out of state, you’re paying for a flight, a hotel, and a speaker who has never driven past your school. Chad lives here. He’s in the Treasure Valley. He knows what Idaho students are dealing with because his own children attend Idaho schools. Booking a local speaker in Boise means lower travel costs, faster scheduling, and a speaker who understands your community, not one reading a Wikipedia entry about it on the plane.

Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Kuna, Star, Eagle, Middleton, Emmett, Mountain Home: that’s home turf, and there’s no travel fee. Twin Falls and the Wood River Valley are a couple of hours down the road, still no travel fee. Pocatello, Idaho Falls, McCall, Lewiston and Moscow are longer drives, and he’ll make them without an airline markup. Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint and the rest of North Idaho are more than 300 miles out, so those schools add $500 for travel. Outside Idaho, he travels nationwide.

Kempel quintuplets and older sisters with the Guinness World Record stroller in front of the Idaho State Capitol building in Boise
All seven Kempel kids with the quintuple stroller in front of the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Same stroller Chad pushed to four Guinness World Records, photographed shortly after the marathon and 10K records in 2019. More photos of the records and the family are on the photos page.

Credentials no other Idaho youth speaker carries

And every one of them holds up when a student Googles him.

4
Guinness World Records titles
MA
Experimental Psychology
5 yrs
University Lecturer, San Jose State
30+
National media features

Chad set all four records pushing his five kids, quintuplets born at 27 weeks, in a stroller: marathon 4:42:49, half marathon 2:19:55, 10K 1:04:52.9, 1K 5:34. He holds an MA in Experimental Psychology, taught psychology and statistics at San Jose State for five years, and spent five years volunteering inside San Quentin State Prison teaching math, unpaid. He counseled kids with disabilities, too. So students get a guy with receipts who can also explain why their brain does what it does.

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Three talks built for Idaho high schools

Anything Is Possible

The all-school assembly. Resilience, failure, and thirty years of proof you can look up.
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It starts with a slap in a locker room and runs through wrestling, a grade turnaround, an Ironman entered in his father’s name, five babies born at 27 weeks, three tries at a world record, and a handmade sign that ended up in a museum in Copenhagen. The race times are in public databases and the records are on the Guinness website, The best motivational speaker for Idaho high schools is the one whose story holds up when a student Googles him after the assembly.
Best for: full-school assemblies · graduation ceremonies · kickoff events
Read a story from this resilience talk →
Full description of this school assembly talk →

The Weight You're Carrying

The mental health assembly your counselors have probably been asking for.
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It opens at a university podium, the moment Chad’s phone rang and he found out he was losing his twin sons. Then a 100-mile run past every landmark of his life. Then the freeze response, named and explained. Students leave with four terms they’ll use the same week and a tool for each one. Chad follows safe-messaging guidelines for talking about suicide and meets with your counseling team before he walks into the gym. Idaho schools looking for a mental health speaker who goes beyond platitudes will find it here.
Best for: mental health assemblies · counselor-requested events · wellness programming
Read a story from this mental health talk →
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I Walked the Hallways Alone

The anti-bullying and belonging talk that doesn’t wag a finger.
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No records, no stroller, no finish line. Chad was the kid with no fallback plan at lunch. Years later he counseled children with disabilities, taught math inside San Quentin, and coached Special Olympics athletes. It ends with one ask: tomorrow, sit down next to someone who looks like they’re alone. For Idaho schools running anti-bullying or school culture programs, this is the assembly that changes what happens in the hallways the next morning.
Best for: orientation week · anti-bullying programming · school culture initiatives
Read a story from this anti-bullying talk →
Full anti-bullying assembly details →
Idaho media
KTVB• Idaho Press• Idaho Press, Treasure Valley Spotlight• KIVI TV
National media
TODAY Show• ABC World News Tonight• Good Morning America• Men's Health• People• CBN News• Guinness World Records• 30+ national outlets
Local Introductory Rate

2026–27 School Year

$1,000
One assembly
$2,500
All three talks

No travel fee for schools within a few hours of Boise. Idaho schools more than 300 miles away, mostly North Idaho, add $500 for travel.

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Questions Idaho schools ask

Who is the best youth speaker in Boise, Idaho?
Biased answer, obviously. But here’s the case: Chad Kempel set four Guinness World Records pushing his quintuplets in a stroller, holds an MA in Experimental Psychology, taught at San Jose State University for five years, and lives in the Treasure Valley. His three talks were built for Idaho high schools, and every claim in them is public record.
Is there a mental health speaker for Idaho high schools?
Yes. The Weight You’re Carrying is Chad’s mental health assembly. Students get four plain terms for what they’re feeling and a tool for each one. Chad follows safe-messaging guidelines for talking about suicide and meets with your counseling team before he walks into the gym.
Do you have an anti-bullying speaker for Idaho schools?
I Walked the Hallways Alone is the anti-bullying and belonging talk. No lecture, no finger-wagging. It ends with one ask students can act on the next morning: sit down next to someone who looks like they’re alone.
How much does it cost to book a youth speaker in Idaho?
For the 2026–27 school year, schools within a few hours of Boise get the Local Introductory Rate: $1,000 for one assembly, $2,500 for all three talks, no travel fee. Idaho schools more than 300 miles from Boise, mostly North Idaho, add $500 for travel. Outside Idaho, send your location and dates and you’ll have a quote within 48 hours.
Do you speak at schools outside the Treasure Valley?
Yes. Chad travels all over Idaho and nationwide. A school in Sandpoint gets the same talk as a school in Meridian. Schools in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada and the rest of the West have their own page.
Do you customize the talk for our school?
Every time. There’s a short call first about your students, what you want them to walk out with, and anything going on at your school the talk should account for. The message stays the same. The delivery fits your room.
What makes Chad different from other youth speakers in Boise?
Everything he says on stage is public. The race times are in databases, the records are on the Guinness website, and the media features are one search away. Students can check him on their phones during the assembly, and they’ll find the same story he told them in the gym. No other motivational speaker in Idaho carries that combination of credentials.
How far out should we book?
As early as you can, especially for spring and graduation season. But ask before you assume a date’s gone. If Chad can be there tomorrow, he’ll be there tomorrow.

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Discovery calls available · Replies within 48 hours · Based in Boise

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chad@chadkempel.com · (208) 391-2959