Rita Jacobs is a retired probate lawyer from Lansing, Michigan. She has devoted her retirement years to learning about current events and issues, as well as the history behind them. She is a life-long anti-war activist, and served two years as Co-chair of the Peace Action Committee. 

She is a founding member and Co-chair of the Banking and Monetary Reform Committee, and has spent several years learning about the importance of a monetary system and its role in shaping public policy and controlling the government, as well as the importance of having a different and better system. 

She joined the Green Party in 2015, has served in several officer positions of the Green Party of Michigan and the local Capitol Area Greens. She has been a Michigan delegate on the National Committee for the last six years.