He served under president George W. Bush, and was sworn in on June 12, 2006 after being confirmed by a unanimous vote of the United States Senate on May 26, 2006.

Hispanic Broadcasting merged in an all-stock transaction with Univision Communications, the largest Spanish television company in the U.S. in late 2003.

He has served on the Boards and in other capacities of various Civic, Political and Business organizations including on the President’s Council of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and on the Board of Advisors of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.

A native Texan, born in Harlingen in 1960, Ambassador Tichenor graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982.

The Ambassador and his wife, Rhonda, have a son, Warren II, and reside in San Antonio, Texas.