LAS VEGAS - TelAve -- LAS VEGAS, NV — Dr. Rony S. Delgarde, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas instructor and the founder and chief executive officer of Global Paint for Charity, received double honors at the Caribbean Global Awards in London on September 26, 2026, recognizing his global community-impact work.

Delgarde earned his Doctor of Public Policy from UNLV in 2025; his dissertation proposed the Nevada Paint Recycling and Community Care Act, a policy framework for paint waste management. Since founding Global Paint for Charity in 2010, he has led an organization that reports recovering more than 5 million gallons of surplus paint, diverting over 320 million pounds of waste, and reaching more than 15 million people in 44 countries. He is the author of How to PAINT Change (2023).

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"These honors belong to the volunteers and communities who turn recovered paint into renewed homes, schools, and public spaces."

Delgarde serves as a board director and membership chair of 100 Black Men of Las Vegas and on the Nevada Advisory Committee of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition.

About Global Paint for Charity: Founded in 2010, Global Paint for Charity collects surplus latex paint and redistributes it for housing, school, and community projects in the United States and worldwide.

Contact: Rony S. Delgarde — rony.delgarde@unlv.edu

Keywords: public policy, civic engagement, sustainability, nonprofit leadership, Global Paint for Charity, UNLV