Nicky Bianco counts I suppose. He grew up in Rhode Island but went out to NY early in life for "work". He linked up with the Colombo's and went back to Ray Patriarca during the Gallo Wars and asked him to mediate. Patriarca mediated successfully and as a result brought Banco back to Rhode Island with him and made him as then a Colombo associate into the Patriarca Family of which he eventually became underboss for a while