He and his CNBC co-moderators were heavily criticized for being ill-prepared and rude to the candidates. Quintanilla won an Emmy Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award and a Peabody Award for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Quintanilla is married to Judy Chung, a former TV producer who now works as a product manager for Ralph Lauren. In 2017, they purchased a new house in Bridgehampton, New York for $3.2 million.