Johnny Cvjetkovic Current City: Los Angeles, CA College: California State Polytechnic Univ.
Senior Business Analyst, Marketing Production Technology at NBC Universal Media LLC
Mother’s family is from Ljubuski, Herzegovina and father’s family from Molunat, Croatia.
Johnny is a technology professional working in the entertainment industry for major Hollywood studios. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Business Law, from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Johnny has been vital in organizing but most importantly bringing youth to events. He was a long time member of the Kolo Group from St. Anthony’s and dedicates much of his free time to assisting in sound/video for various other Croatian events.
He started the Croatian Radio Program which is streamed online and also the founder of LA Vatreni. From the time he was 5 to 25 years old, Johnny was a member of the St. Anthony’s Croatian Children’s School and the St. Anthony’s Croatian Kolo Club and Tamburica.
This group travelled across North America performing at various folklore festivals and was the first Los Angeles Kolo group to travel to Croatia and perform. Johnny was also a member of the St. Anthony’s Parish Council and the Croatian Fraternal Union. He spearheaded the creation of the Los Angeles Vatreni, a fan club dedicated to promoting Croatian sports through hosting watch parties, events, and social gatherings in Los Angeles.
Johnny’s Croatian pride and heritage has inspired him to take on various projects in his community such as organizing a fundraising drive to upgrade the audio/visual equipment in the Croatian Parish Center to coordinating the building of bocce courts for our annual Parish Festival and Hercegovacki picnic. His biggest achievement was organizing the Los Angeles Vatreni Croatia soccer watch parties at St. Anthony’s, especially the 2018 World Cup in which they hosted 7 watch parties, culminating with the Croatia vs France World Cup Final where over 3000 fans in attendance which made it the largest gathering at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in their 108 year history. (St. Anthony’s was established in 1910).
Over 10 media outlets covered this Final watch party including Fox Sports who designated this event as the official Croatia World Cup Watch Party for the United States. Fox showcased this event during their World Cup Half-Time Show which was seen by millions of viewers across the world. We were proud to represent Croatians in the United States.
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