New LSU General Counsel is Roger Goodell's BIL

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A quick look at Skinner’s résumé and family pedigree suggests he didn’t need the tie to make a statement. His father, Samuel, was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff for George H. W. Bush. His brother-in-law is NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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Skinner is close to his brother-in-law, speaking via email or phone at least twice a week. They often vacation in the summers, enjoying cigars, paddle-boarding and golfing — essentially anything to avoid talking about football.

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Skinner’s always felt drawn to education — his mother and grandmother were elementary school teachers, his grandfather a superintendent. Reading Pete Maravich’s biography in elementary school instantly drew the young sports fanatic to LSU. Then a partner at Jones Day, an international law firm, Skinner began searching for general counsel jobs in 2014 and admits he almost jumped from his chair when the LSU position came across his computer screen. “How many institutions, how many universities in the country are known by their abbreviation by their acronym,” Skinner said. “LSU is a national brand. It is a first-class institution in so many ways. It’s big enough that it presents a variety of challenges but it’s not so huge that it’s unmanageable.”

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