Upward Bound Staff
Donnie Hale donniehale@boisestate.edu
Donnie Hale is a native of Stockton, California.
Donnie is the Assistant Director for Upward Bound programs. He attended San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics and African American History. He also holds a Masters in Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Boise State University. Currently, he is in his final year of a Doctoral degree in Education from Boise State.
Donnie has taught grades K-12 and college courses. He specializes in African American History, Sociology and Cultural Diversity. In addition, he has coached football and track at the collegiate level.
Donnie loves the outdoors, traveling, running, biking and reading. He is the proud father of Taylor.
Sari Byerly saribyerly@boisestate.edu
Sari Byerly is the Assistant Director for Upward Bound programs located at Caldwell, Meridian, and Nampa High Schools. She has worked with TRiO programs for 7 years. “I believe strongly in TRiO, the positive impact these programs have on people’s lives is without question extraordinary.” 
Sari attended the University of Utah and received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Social Psychology.
Sari’s most memorable moment is when she received her Bachelors’ degree. “As the first person in my entire extended family line to receive a college degree I remember everyone smiling through their tears. It was wonderful for the whole family to become uplifted by a delicate piece of paper.” Sari hopes her work in TRiO will allow other students to have similar precious moments throughout their educational journey.
Jaime Campbell jcampbel@boisestate.edu
Jaime Campbell is an Upward Bound instructor at Nampa High School. Jaime 
has been with the program since January of 2000. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and is a certified secondary education teacher in the content area of social studies. He also has a Master of Arts in Education. Jaime received his formal education at Boise State University and Eastern Oregon University.
Jaime was born and raised in La Grande, Oregon. He enjoys playing softball, watching football, and going to movies. Jaime lives in Meridian. He has two sons Bryce and Landon. Jaime is a sports fanatic and roots for the Boise State University Broncos and Oakland Raiders.
Grace Casper gracecasper@boisestate.edu
She
has a 
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Science in
Child Development and Family Relations, both from the University of
Idaho. Grace also has a Master of Science in Education from the State
University of New York-New Paltz.
Grace was born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho and is the youngest of
eight siblings of a migrant farmworking family. Grace is bilingual and
speaks Spanish and English and is learning Hungarian. She enjoys
playing volleyball, reading and music. One of her passions is
traveling the world. She enjoys meeting new people and experiencing
new cultures. Grace is strongly devoted to philanthropy, and has
volunteered extensively overseas in South America and the within the
Eastern Europe block.
Grace and her husband, Bob live in Boise and hope to start a family
soon.
Pete Putra peteputra@boisestate.edu
Pete Putra is an enrolled member of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana.
family since October 2007.Pete Putra is an enrolled member of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana. He has attended boarding schools, public schools and reservation schools. He graduated from Owyhee High School in 1977. He enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after graduation, where he was trained in military supply. After the service he attended the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute where he received an Accounting Technician Certificate in 1983.
He worked for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes for many years in various positions including Child Care Director and the Education Training and Employment Director and is currently the Boise State University Upward Bound Teacher for Owyhee Combined School in Owyhee, Nevada. He has also worked with the very low-income people of diverse backgrounds and needs. He received a Bachelors Degree in History Secondary Education from Boise State University in 1994 and currently holds an Idaho Teaching Credential in Secondary Education. He is also trained in Neuro-Linguistic Programming or what he likes to refer to as Wholistic Communications. He received this training at Anchor Point Institute in Salt Lake City, UT. Over the years Pete has trained other professionals and laymen in the areas of Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Parenting and Teacher Education. Pete has also been asked to speak at various conferences and cultural events on spirituality and beliefs. He is actively involved in his culture and family life. His greatest reward comes from teaching people about their potential and letting them discover the resources that come from within. Pete currently resides on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada with his family and friends. His goal is to become a better writer, speaker, teacher and trainer for those that are thirsting for peace, love and knowledge.
Angie is new to the Boise area and the TRIO program. Originally from
Pocatello, she received two bachelor's degrees from Idaho State
University. 
The first degree in International Studies was completed in
May of 2000. With some real world experience under her belt, she
returned to school four years later to pursue teaching. Angie holds a
Secondary Education Teaching Certification with a emphasis in History
and German.
Among her hobbies, Angie loves to travel and has extensively traveled
in Europe and has lived in both Switzerland and Germany. These
opportunities were paid internship programs that included a Fulbright
Fellowship in Germany. Angie was a Teaching Assistant for the 2006-2007
school year at the Genthin Gymnasium in one of the former Eastern German
states. She hopes to share Europe with her husband of 2 years.
Kale Tarbet Kale Tarbet@boisestate.edu
Kale Tarbet is a new addition to the program as an Educational Specialist at Meridian High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in secondary education and English with high honors at Idaho State University. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in public administration at Boise State University. 
Kale is a success story of the TRiO programs.
With the help of TRiO, she was able to be the first in her family to go to college and graduate with a degree. She also earned enough scholarship money to pay for all four years of her schooling. Her goal is to inspire other students to achieve their full potential in high school and college.
Kale has many interests and talents including playing the piano, which she has done for 17 years. She is an avid reader and an expert-level Guitar Hero enthusiast.
Jenni Kimball jenniferkeller@boisestate.edu
Jenni Kimball is new to the TRiO program and will be serving as the Upward Bound Educational Specialist at Caldwell High School. Jenni was born in Reno, Nevada and moved to Idaho in 1994. 
She graduated from Eagle High School and went on to pursue higher education at the University of Idaho.
Jenni graduated with a B.S. in Secondary Education and spent a year teaching middle school social studies in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Her experience teaching disadvantaged students made her realize just how valuable, and sometimes unattainable, education can be. Jenni wants her students at Caldwell to know that higher education will never be out of reach for them as long as they’re willing to give it all they’ve got!
Jenni and her husband Adam moved back to Boise this summer from New Orleans where Adam attended law school. They were recently married in August and live downtown with their pug, Dr. Leo Marvin. Jenni plans to pursue her education at Boise State in counseling education.
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