Bradley K. Chronister was appointed to project manager at Dille Traxel Architecture.

In his new role, he will provide project oversight and administration through design, bidding, execution and closeout.

Chronister, a native of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, has experience in requirements definition, design coordination and contract administration. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and served as a military project manager. He earned a master's degree in engineering management from Missouri S& T and gained experience in systems engineering, project planning and government acquisition.

"We welcome Brad to the Dille Traxel team," principal architect Ben Traxel said in a news release. "His professionalism and talent will be great assets as we look to the future."

---

"Moe" Sandfort

Maurice "Moe" Sandfort, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks' senior advisor for philanthropy for the East Region based in Cape Girardeau, has retired.

He was hired in 2015 as the Springfield-based Community Foundation of the Ozarks' first staff member serving its East Region.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks will keep its East Region office in Cape Girardeau and plans to hire a new staff associate by early 2017.

Sandfort will serve on the board of the Cape Area Community Foundation, which he helped establish in August 2015.

"It has been a pleasure and privilege to introduce the east region of Missouri to the spirit of community philanthropy through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks," Sandfort said in a news release.

"We were, and continue to be, very fortunate to have Moe working on behalf of philanthropy in eastern Missouri," Community Foundation of the Ozarks president Brian Fogle said in the release. "He was the right man at the right time to grow CFO's presence in the region, and we are excited about the momentum he has started."

-- From staff reports