She is the Project Director of the rst National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Prior to her new project, she directed the Prairielands ATTC, serving, IA, NE, ND, SD, WI, & MN, also funded by SAMHSA. Skinstad is also the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence in Racial and Minority Y-MSM and other LGBT populations. Skinstad received both her PhD and her Cand.Psychol. degree (equivalent to PsyD) from the College of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.