Sarah Ceti didn’t discover cannabis hospitality as a trend. Her work grew from years inside the cannabis movement—building businesses, opening doors for social-equity applicants, curating art and producing the kinds of gatherings where people feel welcomed, informed and connected.
For Sarah, the cannabis industry has always been about people: who gets access, who gets heard and how a room can make someone feel.
Her professional path spans cannabis consulting, licensing strategy, social-impact initiatives, art curation, fundraising and experiential event production. After 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and more than a decade working in cannabis, she brought that experience home to St. Louis and created Kalisto House—a historic, cannabis-friendly guesthouse centered on personal attention and responsible exploration.
Hospitality was already part of Sarah’s nature. Her Airbnb biography recalls keeping guest space everywhere she lived, including a furnished tipi in her Oakland backyard. Kalisto House turned that instinct into a destination.
Sarah co-founded and helped lead strategy and operations at Oakland-based Green Rush Consulting, supporting entrepreneurs navigating business formation, state licensing and regulation in emerging legal markets.
ABC7 San Francisco featured Sarah as an art curator during Oakland’s first Canna-Crawl. She helped present a collection near Oaksterdam University as local businesses publicly supported the newly legal adult-use era.
View ABC7 coverage ↗Sarah co-organized Ignite, reported by the St. Louis American as Missouri’s first cannabis entrepreneurs pitch competition. Its bootcamp served 50 participants—about 80% of them Black—and awarded more than $9,000 in cash and business services to three Black women-led teams.
Read the St. Louis American feature ↗As Green Rush Consulting’s chief strategy officer and co-founder, Sarah participated in a Chicago social-equity licensing hackathon that produced 22 complete applications. She told MJBizDaily the aim was to make expertise and resources more accessible to communities too often priced out.
Read the MJBizDaily report ↗Sarah founded Kalisto House as a cannabis-friendly St. Louis guesthouse and concierge experience. Programming has included infused high dining, Puff ’n Paint gatherings, wellness partnerships and the recurring CannaMom GettaBreak Retreat. Kalisto House also joined the 2025 Joint Effort cannabis comedy fundraiser supporting North St. Louis tornado relief.
See the community fundraiser coverage ↗As events manager for The Church on Delmar, Sarah helped launch a new 21+ cannabis-friendly event venue above Swade Dispensary. Its opening combined live music, fire performance, local food, hemp-infused drinks and brand partnerships in a historic Delmar setting.
Read Sauce Magazine’s coverage ↗Years of work across licensing, regulation, education and cannabis entrepreneurship help Sarah guide conversations with context—not hype.
From gallery installations and pitch events to high dining, retreats and venue launches, she understands how programming, partners and details shape a memorable gathering.
Kalisto House is an Airbnb Guest Favorite with a 4.97 rating across 155 reviews at the time of this profile. Guests repeatedly highlight Sarah’s communication and hospitality.
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