For what it's worth, a 2009 NY Daily News article said that the Genovese family was being led by a "rotating panel" of high-level members who had recently completed prison sentences. It said this panel included Benny Mangano, Barney Bellomo, Ernie Muscarella, and Larry Dentico. A more recent article, from this past January, suggested that Tino Fiumara had also been on the panel before he died.

When Danny Leo was identified as the acting boss of the family back in 2006, it was said that Muscarella and Dentico had helped Leo to conduct a recent making ceremony. The more I look at it, I'm starting to wonder if Leo came from and eventually took over the Ardito crew.