CHIP HIS Staff

Terri Zimmerman March, BSN, MPH brings over 30 years of experience in the public health field with expertise in community collaboration and coalition development, community assessment, program planning and health

communications.  Her professional experience includes working with local health departments and providing training and technical support for state and regional organizations. 

Since 2004, first with Buncombe County Health and Human Services and then as Community Health Improvement Specialist with MAHEC,  Terri has supported the the Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) that works to improve key health conditions identified through the Community Health Assessment (CHA) process with an emphasis on building strong and diverse partnerships to prevent and reduce chronic disease through policy, environment and systems change approaches that address social determinants of health and health equity.  She has been a long-time public health advocate in Buncombe County for policies that support accessible and active transportation and food security. 

She holds an MPH in Health Education and Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Western Carolina University.


Hannah Legerton, MSW, MPH 

Hannah Legerton is originally from Asheville, and she and her family moved back to town in the fall of 2018. Her work has focused on advancing youth justice system reform, maternal and child public health, and building cross-sector collaboration for collective impact. Before joining the CHIP team, Hannah worked in Boston to advance youth and young adult justice reform, including coordinating a campaign to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction to include 18 – 20-year-olds in MA. She also spent time coordinating community health programming for Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with Community Health Centers across the city. Hannah holds a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Davidson College. Between undergrad and graduate school, Hannah worked for seven years in educational, arts-based, and therapeutic youth-serving organizations and completed training as a birth doula. Hannah interned with Buncombe County’s Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) team during grad school, and she is thrilled to be diving back into the work to advance health and equity in this community she loves so much.

You can reach Hannah at hannah.legerton@mahec.net.