Amanda Hofman is the founder and CEO of Urban Girl Squad, a social networking group for women in their 20s and 30s who love to try new things, spend time with friends, and meet new people in New York City. The organization hosts exciting weekly events that include food and wine tastings, volunteer days, beauty and spa nights, fitness and sporting events, dance classes, cocktail parties and more at a wide range of venues in the city. Amanda started Urban Girl Squad in February 2008, but the organization really hit its stride when she left her full-time job to work on Urban Girl Squad full time in the fall of 2009. Amanda's other passions include yoga and running. She says one of her favorite parts of making her own schedule is that she gets to work out during the day. She also enjoys meeting up with friends ad family over delicious food and wine and has a fondness for "bad" TV and books (which usually include vampire novels and reality TV), because she says they allow her to escape reality for a while.