Lucille PhD - Recreation Manager │ Influential Women

About Lucille

Dr. Lucille Spotswood is the Recreation Manager at Edison Job Corps in Edison, New Jersey. In this role, she maintains staff, keeps students engaged through activities such as movies at Rutgers University, bowling, and roller skating, and identifies cost-effective venues while meeting goals set by the Department of Labor and MTC. Prior to this position, she worked for the state of New York for about 10 years across sales, agriculture and markets, serving as MWBE liaison to promote women-owned businesses, and handling grants and contracts auditing. She also gained experience in multiple areas of law including real estate, family, natural family and marriage, tenant landlord, company finance, entertainment, bankruptcy, and infringement. Academically, she earned two master's degrees in 30 months and completed her doctorate degree within a year. In ministry, Dr. Spotswood has participated in dance ministry for over 40 years and teaching or speaking for about 7 years combined. She became a licensed minister at the end of May and conducts Bible studies with a calm teaching style at New Beginnings Deliverance Fellowship and her church, where her husband Elton Spotswood serves as an executive pastor.

Ten minutes with Lucille

01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

Don't be hard on yourself. Trust your instincts and definitely trust the process, because nothing's gonna happen overnight. Nothing's gonna fall in line the way you want it to, the way you expect it to, in the timeframe that you have allotted. But leave room for error, be consistent, and always, find the grace to appreciate yourself in what you're doing and trying to do at your job, in your career, in your academics, or in life as it is.