The Lending Brief Podcast: Lender of Last Opportunity (Ep.14)

In this episode of The Center for USA Lending's The Lending Brief, sponsored by Allocore, we're joined by Owen Barwell, five-time CFO of multiple federal agencies including the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for a wide-ranging conversation on the role of federal lending in financing what private capital won't touch. Drawing on his experience deploying $30 billion in renewable energy loans during the Recovery Act, Owen makes the case for why government lending is essential to de-risking emerging technologies like small modular reactors until private markets are ready to step in. He also pulls no punches on the state of federal lending infrastructure, drawing a direct parallel to where federal financial management was before the CFO Act of 1990, and arguing that data standardization, systems consolidation, and a common language across agencies are prerequisites before any real modernization can take hold. Want more from the Lending Brief? Check out our Newsletter: https://share.hsforms.com/2FjOxwtEDSw... Links: The Center for USA Lending: Website: https://usalending.org/#/ LinkedIn:   / centerforusalending   Allocore: Website: https://allocore.com/ LinkedIn:   / allocore   The GovNavigators: Website: https://www.govnavigators.com/ LinkedIn:   / govnavigators