Dick Boak is the director of artist and public relations for the C.F. Martin Archives Division of C.F. Martin & Co., a guitar-manufacturing firm based in Nazareth, Penn. A recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans, Dick is a member of The Music Distributors Association and Director of the Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation, The SingOut! Corporation and The Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans.