Jeffrey 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.