George Antonio Borba, member-owner and past chairman of the board for California Dairies, Inc., Visalia, Calif., passed away Oct. 23. During his time with CDI, Borba initiated three of the largest cooperatives in the nation to merge and form California Dairies, Inc., where he served as chairman of the board from its inception in 1999-2009.
“George Borba was willing to take a vision of a united California dairy industry and take it to the next level. For this, I have the utmost respect for him,” says Tony Mendes, CDI member and former chairman of the board. “The dairy industry owes a great deal to George Borba. Throughout his career, he vigorously advocated on behalf of all dairymen, large or small, always inserting himself personally into issues that affected them.”