Karen Palecko-Bates ::: Navigator Years with the firm: 16 Projects: Internet Capital Group Safeguard Scientifics Icon Clinical Research Neoware, Inc. The personal side: Karen is proud to say she is a DINK (double income, no kids). Even so, her house is still busting at the seams with 3 dogs (each the size of a small horse) and a horse (the size of a horse). She definitely gets her exercise horsing around and chasing her dogs away from her prize-winning flower garden. Her bumper sticker "I'd rather be riding" is her daily mantra.