Deputy Director
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Monica Katz LaBoskey is the Deputy Director of Family Violence Appellate Project. Before joining FVAP, Monica was the Managing Attorney – East Bay of Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. In addition to her management duties at APILO, she represented survivors of domestic violence in Family Court and received her California Domestic Violence Counselor certification through Asian Women’s Shelter. Prior to that, Monica spent more than ten years in private practice, litigating cases in state and federal courts.
Monica is actively involved in the community and serves on the Board of Directors of Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. She volunteers with her alma maters. She completed Bachelors of Arts in African and African American Studies, Italian Studies, and Politics at Brandeis University; received her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law; and, holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership from IUPUI Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
September 2023
We are pleased to announce that Monica has been selected to participate in OneJustice’s Executive Fellowship program. The program delivers graduate-level nonprofit management content through an intensive multi-modal peer-based model. We are excited for Monica to build on her passion for organizational stability and infrastructure and apply her learnings to help FVAP succeed through its second decade and beyond.
