Skinner has been involved with the
Institution of Civil Engineers since 2003, when she became a
chartered engineer (CEng). She is also now a fellow of the institution (FICE), and sits on its Trustee Board, and has chaired the ICE's London region in 2010, stood for Council in 2015 and was confirmed by the ICE council as succeeding vice president in April 2017. Skinner became president in November 2020. She was the youngest person ever to hold the post of president of the ICE, and the second female president. Skinner is a qualified
transport planning professional and also a Fellow of the
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (FCIHT), as well as an honorary fellow of the
Society for the Environment. Skinner helped to set up the Women in Transport (formerly Women's Transportation Seminar) network in London in June 2005 and is now one of its patrons, having been a founding member of its board and president from 2009 to 2013. Skinner also works to encourage female students into taking up
STEM subjects. "New Mobility Now" (2017) and various prior publications on the application of digital technology to the construction industry, collaboration and innovation. Between 2018 and 2020, Skinner was one of ten commissioners for the newly formed Infrastructure Commission for Scotland. Skinner was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2022 New Year Honours for services to infrastructure. In the same year she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
University of Leeds followed by a second from the
University of Exeter. In November 2024, Skinner was appointed to chair the
Department for Transport's Capital Review Panel, an advisory panel which provides independent advice to the Secretary of State for Transport on strategic considerations for the department’s capital portfolio. == References ==