Paula Powers-Watts, A woman who has been key in keeping many Bucks County residents in their homes will serve as Executive Director of the nonprofit Credit Counseling Center.
Paula will take the executive director position of the organization that has helped more than 100,000 locals steady their finances over the past quarter century. Powers-Watts has led the Credit Counseling Center‘s foreclosure prevention efforts over the years.
She has worked with the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Foreclosure Diversion Program that was facilitated by the Bucks County Bar Association. Powers-Watts will work with Joan Reading, the founder and president of the Credit Counseling Center, which has offices in Doylestown Township, Northampton Township, and Tullytown Borough.
“Paula has been on the forefront of providing support to hundreds of families in Bucks County to avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes,” said Reading.
“CCC has thrived because of Paula’s leadership and expertise in financial counseling, as well as the collaborative relationships she’s established in the community, between homeowners, mortgage lenders, attorneys and other resources.”
Powers-Watts said the Credit Counseling Center will focus on many different initiatives. “In addition to our foreclosure prevention and debt management programs, CCC will focus on initiatives vital to proactive financial well-being, including financial workshop webinars for the workplace, budgeting sessions, and retirement and student loan counseling,” she said.
A woman who has been key in keeping many families in Bucks County in their homes will serve as Executive Director of the nonprofit Credit Counseling Center. Paula Powers-Watts will take the executive director position of the organization that has helped more than 100,000 locals steady their finances over the past quarter century.
Powers-Watts has led the Credit Counseling Center‘s foreclosure prevention efforts over the years. She has worked with the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Foreclosure Diversion Program that was facilitated by the Bucks County Bar Association.
Powers-Watts will work with Joan Reading, the founder and president of the Credit Counseling Center, which has offices in Doylestown Township, Northampton Township, and Tullytown Borough.
“Paula has been on the forefront of providing support to hundreds of families in Bucks County to avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes,” said Reading.
“CCC has thrived because of Paula’s leadership and expertise in financial counseling, as well as the collaborative relationships she’s established in the community, between homeowners, mortgage lenders, attorneys and other resources.”
Powers-Watts said the Credit Counseling Center will focus on many different initiatives. “In addition to our foreclosure prevention and debt management programs, CCC will focus on initiatives vital to proactive financial well-being, including financial workshop webinars for the workplace, budgeting sessions, and retirement and student loan counseling,” she said.
In 2021, Paula was named Executive Director of Credit Counseling Center. She joined the organization in 2008 as a Credit Counselor and was quickly promoted to Director of Housing Counseling in 2009. Paula is a firm believer that each client is a representation of a family whose lives, financial challenges, and needs are important.
She developed and still leads the Center’s Foreclosure Prevention program; and has partnered with the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Foreclosure Diversion Program. Her keen focus on making a positive impact in the community has generated numerous program collaborations with the United Way of Bucks County and a multitude of social service organizations in the region.
Previously, Paula served 21 on Active Duty in the US Air Force. Initially serving as a combat photographer and finishing the second half of her career as a recruiter, leading to the position of Flight Chief. Highly decorated, she has received awards from the Air Force and the Department of Defense.
An active leader in the Bucks County community, Paula donates her time annually as a board member for the annual Congressional Service Academy Nomination Interviews under the office of Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick. She is an active Chamber member in Lower Bucks, BucksMont, and Upper Bucks, advocates for financial literacy education opportunities at venues servicing low/moderate income consumers and senior citizen organizations.