Jennifer Landau-Carter was born and raised on 90 Charles Street, where she mastered the arts of stoop-sitting and people-watching, both of which remain her principal passions. She is the third generation to tell the family story: in 2018, the experiences of her uncle George Landau were chronicled in the documentary film Lies and Miracles: Childhood in a Siberian Labor Camp, and her grandfather Meier Landau’s memoir A Lost World, published posthumously in 2023, describes the family’s deportation and life in the Soviet Gulag.

Jennifer holds a BA from Harvard in Social Anthropology, an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University in Organizational Behavior, and a Doctorate from the Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy in Economics of Public Administration. Her professional career began in Bocconi University School of Management as Professor of Organizational Behavior in Milan, Italy, she then opened Poise, a hair salon in Portland, Oregon, and lastly she was a diplomat for the U.S. government, serving on four continents. Jennifer is only “aspirationally retired,” since the renovation of 90 Charles Street is ongoing and very stressful.