George Borba

In 1974, George, his brother John, Ron Kruse and several other local businessmen formed Chino Valley Bank with the vision of creating a community bank that could provide customized banking relationships to the many small businesses and business owners in the greater Chino area. His strong business and work ethic spearheaded a tremendous road to success for Chino Valley Bank, now Citizens Business Bank. He was born in 1932 in Ontario, California and was one of five children. He grew up in Chino, CA and attended Chino High School while working with the family dairy business. Armed with an incredible work ethic and an innate sense for business, George worked closely with his father and brothers and the family business grew into one of the larger dairy operations in the state of California. George is survived by Dolores, his wife of 57 years, five children, eighteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The Board of Directors of CVBF has named Ronald O. Kruse, Vice Chairman and founding director, as acting Chairman, until a successor is named shortly. CVBF continues to benefit from the oversight and experience of its well-tenured Board of Directors, including Mr. Kruse, Mr. Myers, Linn Wiley, John Borba, San Vaccaro, Robert Jacoby, and Raymond O'Brien.