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The Executive Team
The Executive Team is responsible for operational leadership, program delivery, and workforce management.
The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board and is accountable for implementing strategy within approved financial and risk parameters. Clear separation between governance and management ensures independent oversight while maintaining operational agility.
Kylie Dalton
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
MBA, FGIA, Certified Chair
As Founder and CEO, Kylie Dalton has led Back on Track from concept to a rapidly expanding, state-wide education recovery service supporting children and families beyond cancer treatment. She brings deep strategic capability, governance expertise, and financial oversight shaped by executive leadership and board experience across the not-for-profit and public sectors. Under her leadership, the organisation has strengthened its systems, partnerships, and national positioning. Kylie is also advancing the integration of ethical, human-centred AI to build scalable, data-informed support models for medically vulnerable children into the future.
Ben Pegus
General Manager
MBA, Dip. Project Management, Dip. Human Resources
As General Manager, Ben brings strong operational leadership across governance, human resources, risk, and corporate partnerships, strengthening internal systems while securing the funding required for sustainable growth. He has embedded disciplined processes that build workforce capability, compliance, and organisational resilience. In parallel, he has developed deep practical expertise in applied AI, leading system design to address skills gaps and operational constraints. His current focus is the responsible adoption of agentic AI, with clear governance and risk controls, to improve efficiency, decision-making, and service impact across Back on Track.
Louise Shedden
Program Director & Co-Founder
BEd
As Program Director, Louise has been instrumental in structuring Back on Track’s growth, strengthening statewide delivery, staff capability, and complex case management. She safeguards program quality and consistency, ensuring every child is supported through a deeply trauma-informed lens. In parallel, she is shaping the future Back on Track Academy model, designing a program architecture that can responsibly integrate emerging AI capability to enhance personalised learning for medically vulnerable children. Her focus is to ensure the children we serve today receive exceptional support, while building a model prepared for sustainable, technology-enabled growth.
Fiona Shand
Program Manager
BEd, PGDip Health Promotion, MEd (Mental Health and Wellbeing)
As Program Manager, Fiona brings extensive experience as a former Deputy Principal and a strong background in program design and educational leadership. She supports statewide program operations, case coordination, and day-to-day delivery across the advocacy team, ensuring structured, consistent implementation in both metropolitan and regional contexts. Drawing on her school leadership expertise, she strengthens educator guidance, reinforces quality standards, and translates strategy into practical systems that effectively support children and families.
Interested in our program?
If you’re interested in enrolling your child, register today. Or if you want to find out more information about the Back on Track WA program, download our brochure below.
What We Do
Regardless of where they live, the Back on Track WA program provides the following services to children who have been diagnosed with and treated for cancer:
Educational support and advocacy during treatment and beyond
Communicate with the student’s enrolling school and SSEN:MMH
Mentoring, tutoring, social and emotional learning for students and siblings
Curriculum support in partnership with online education providers
Support for teachers and class members when the student is ready to return to school
Referrals
Students can be referred to the Back on Track Program at the point of diagnosis or beyond.
Who Can Refer?
They can be referred by the Oncology Team, their teacher or school, medical professionals and parents.
Consent
After receiving a referral, our advocates will contact parents to set an appointment to explain the Back on Track program to everyone in the family.
School Engagement
Once consent has been given, the Back on Track advocates will contact the student’s school to explain how the program works for both the school and the family and encourage the school’s participation.
Transitioning Back on Track
When the student is ready to return to their regular school routine, the Back on Track advocate will work with all stakeholders to ensure the transition back to school is easy and comfortable.
Who We Work With
The Back on Track WA team work with primary and high school students who are referred from a number of charities and support groups as well as the Perth Children’s Hospital Paediatric Oncology and Survivorship Teams and the School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health.
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