Olimpia STATE, PhD, has graduated the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 1993, within The Faculty of Commerce (currently – the Faculty of Business and Tourism). She attended a training course D.E.S.S. “Creation d’Entreprise et Gestion de Projets Innovants” programme - „Tempus Phare Individual Mobility Grant“, within Montesquieu Bordeaux IV – French University, between March-May 1998. Along her more than 30 years’ experience in teaching and researching within university, she has often lectured as a specialist in: Human Resources Management, Operational Technique in Tourism, Organizational Culture. Both as a writer and co-writer of 10 published books (for ex. she was awarded the Romanian Academy Virgil Madgearu prize in 1999 as a co-writer of the book ‘Human Resources Management’), she was also implied into 11 national and international contracts, wrote more than 80 articles and scientific papers, most of them published within indexed journals and attended different conferences in many countries. In 2001, she became a PhD in Economics with her research thesis in Organizational Culture field. She has become member of the Faculty Council since 2008; as a former Canceler within the Faculty of Commerce in 2008-2012 and also a Vice-Dean in charge with researching activity and international relationship of The Faculty of Commerce (The Faculty of Business and Tourism at present) since 2012 until today.