CFF CIO Alert: Fuel Your Pipeline

🚀 Battle Card: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Adela Skenderasi, Chief Investment Officer · 🔗 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cystic-fibrosis-foundation/)

• She’ll overhaul the Foundation’s endowment and venture-philanthropy model to secure sustainable funding for breakthrough CF therapies. → Source

• Ensuring consistent, long-term funding to support high-cost research and trials

• Aligning portfolio strategy with mission-driven outcomes

• Primary: Endowment management platform → Optimize asset allocation & risk controls

• Expansion: Predictive analytics & reporting → Drive higher ROI and mission alignment

• HQ: Bethesda, MD

• Employees: ≈ 300

• Rev: ≈ $200 M

• Website: [cff.org](https://www.cff.org/)

🤼 Competitive Intel

• BlackRock Aladdin — Endowment & Risk Management
• Unique edge: Institutional-grade portfolio analytics
• Evaluated by CIO for global multi-asset capabilities

• Bloomberg AIM — Asset & Investment Management
• Unique edge: Real-time market data integration
• Evaluated by Finance for trading and compliance

• FactSet — Portfolio Analytics & Research
• Unique edge: Deep multi-asset class research tools
• Evaluated by Investment Team for custom modeling

• Workday Adaptive Planning — FP&A & Forecasting
• Unique edge: Seamless budgeting with HR headcount planning
• Evaluated by CFO for financial consolidation

• Salesforce Financial Services Cloud — Foundation CRM
• Unique edge: Donor engagement & grant tracking
• Evaluated by Director of Development for fundraising sync

✅ Do-Now Checklist

Next Step

🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach

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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY   = ❑❑
OFFER_BRIEF   = ❑Endowment management platform for nonprofit funds❑
PROOF_METRIC  = ❑15% ROI boost in 6 months❑
CTA_STYLE     = ❑quick_call❑
TONE          = ❑friendly❑

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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME        = Adela
COMPANY     = Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
DEPT        = Investment
SIZE        = ≈ TBD
BOTTLENECK  = Ensuring consistent, long-term funding slows growth.
EVENT       = Announces Adela Skenderasi as next Chief Investment Officer
DETAIL      = Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Announces Adela Skenderasi as Next Chief Investment Officer
PAIN        = Ensuring consistent, long-term funding for high-cost research
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250924109535&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
WIN_METRIC  = 15% higher ROI on endowment
NEXT_SIZE   = ≈ TBD
EMP_EST     = ≈ 300
REV_EST     = ≈ $200M

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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.
Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.

EMAIL  (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈ TBD-person Investment

Adela—noticed your Investment team is ≈ TBD.

That’s when Ensuring consistent, long-term funding slows growth.

We helped Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fix this with Endowment management platform for nonprofit funds.

Result: 15% higher ROI on endowment.  
Quick call?

PS—next bottleneck hits ≈ TBD.

DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Announces Adela Skenderasi as Next Chief Investment Officer — Ensuring consistent, long-term funding for high-cost research.  
Endowment management platform for nonprofit funds. 15% ROI boost in 6 months.  
Quick chat?