Skinner received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Northwestern University. Her father is Sam Skinner, former Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H.W. Bush. She is married to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and resides in Westchester, New York, with their twin daughters.
Good chance her twin daughters are approaching or are in their teen years, and she needs to be around to ward off those testosterone-crazed, adolescent males. [Hey, I was one, once upon a time!]