apanaJeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer


Jeffrey has been a member of the AFM since 1994 and has been Secretary-Treasurer of AFM Local 655 (Miami, FL) since 1997.

He first began working for Local 655 in 1996 as assistant to former Trustee Richard Gabriel. He has also served as Vice President of the AFM Southern Conference of Locals from 2015-2017 and as their President from 2017-2019.

As an officer of the Local, he has participated in numerous negotiations with organizations such as Broadway Across America and Palm Beach Opera. Jeffrey was instrumental in organizing the Seaside Music Theater Orchestra in Daytona Beach for union representation and served on the negotiating committee to establish their first collective bargaining agreement.

In addition to being responsible for record-keeping and finances, both at Local 655 and the Conference, he is also responsible for communications, including website maintenance, social media channels, and newsletters.

Jeffrey has been an active oboist and English hornist in south Florida since 1993, where he has played for the Florida Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera, Seaside Music Theater, the Boca Pops, Orchestra Miami, Palm Beach Opera, the Southwest Florida Symphony, and Symphonia Boca Raton, to name a few.