The Advancing Collaborative Evaluation Network (ACE), a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (AECF) Expanding the Bench® initiative, was created from the fundamental belief that increasing diversity in the field of research and evaluation improves our knowledge base and makes for better science and social innovation. DIR is honored to have been selected by AECF to join this highly esteemed group of diverse evaluators. We look forward to sharing our unique perspectives and experience designing and conducting evaluations of initiatives targeting underserved populations to expand AECF’s capacity to examine issues or problems and programmatic solutions from multiple perspectives and vantage points.