Joy-Ann Skinner

{{Short description|Barbadian diplomat}}

Joy-Ann Skinner is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Barbados to the European Union, Belgium,{{cite news |title=FUNDS COULD HELP MSMES |url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/news/funds-could-help-msmes |accessdate=16 October 2020 |publisher=Barbados Advocate |date=April 25, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Carrington |first1=Julie |title=Two New Ambassadors Appointed |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/two-new-ambassadors-appointed/ |website=Government Information Service |date=23 February 2018 |accessdate=16 October 2020}} and France.{{cite web |title=France and Barbados |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/barbados/ |website=Barbados - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs |accessdate=16 October 2020}} On March 29, 2019, and she presented her credentials as ambassador to Luxembourg.{{cite news |title=New Cambodia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Barbados Ambassadors Present Credentials |url=https://chronicle.lu/category/embassies-consulates/28714-new-cambodia-ethiopia-sierra-leone-tunisia-barbados-ambassadors-present-credentials |accessdate=16 October 2020 |publisher=Chronicle |date=April 1, 2019}}

Skinner earned a BSc in Political Science from the University of the West Indies and a post graduate diploma in International Relations.{{cite news |title=Skinner takes up duties in Brussels |url=https://theworldnews.net/bb-news/skinner-takes-up-duties-in-brussels |accessdate=16 October 2020 |publisher=Barbados Today |date=March 5, 2018}}