Olimpia STATE is a professor at the Department of Tourism and Geography, Faculty of Business and Tourism at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, specialized in Human Resources Management in Tourism, involved into national and international projects, member of international and national research teams. She graduated from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. The same university awarded her a Ph.D. in business administration in 2001. She has 30 years of expertise in university teaching and research, and she frequently gives lectures as a specialist in human resources management, operational tourism techniques and organizational culture. 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.